• I’m sure there’s at least a few of you who may have wondered what happened to my gung-ho, Mon-Wed-Fri posting schedule that I was so excited about over a week ago, considering things have been pretty quiet over here on my blog. Let me assure you, I have not dropped the ball entirely so quickly,…

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  • Explaining the Obvious.

    It’s been a while since I’ve had a good rant, and there’s something that’s been popping up a lot lately as I’ve been pulling myself into more reading, and that’s a particular pet peeve I have about authors who feel the need to explain the obvious. Perhaps it just strikes me more as an author…

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  • Promotion Friday!

    I’ve been looking forward to this particular post all week, as this is my first Promotional Friday post, where I beg all of you to spam the crap out of me with all sorts of cool things that you’re doing or that you’re reading or whatever else you’d like to promote. Seriously. I can’t guarantee…

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  • “And just like that, the mood’s shit. That’s how it always is among tweakers. Ecstatic to miserable in less than a second. Either too much scante or not enough or a thought that burrows into your brain and becomes an itch and then a fully colored panorama and then it’s real, that vision like a…

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  • Welcome to the first installment of my new Meatless Monday recipe initiative, where I’ll share one of the things in my ever-growing wheelhouse of yummy vegan recipes. Today, I bring to you a Brussels sprouts (or “broosel sproots,” as the boyfriend and I like to call them) recipe that I simply cannot stop eating. They’re…

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  • A Review needs Reviews!

    Today celebrates the one-month anniversary of the publication of the World Unknown Review Vol. I, and things have been going really great….except for one little thing. The book has had a solid showing in sales (solid for what I’m used to, anyway!), but things are looking a little nonexistent on the review side of things.…

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  • Come on, man! Focus!

    For someone who has been extolling the wonders of treating writing like a real job and crowing about finally getting things done on that front this year, I sure have been quiet on the business front of things. Lately, I’ve been feeling pretty out-of-sorts, but a downfall recently involving some unexpected parking tickets (and well…

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  • Last night, when I should have been getting some sleep, I stumbled upon this thread in /r/fantasywriters about Character Tropes, and which ones we like and which ones we didn’t. It’s not a new conversation, not by any means, but it’s definitely an interesting one, one that makes me go through a list in my…

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  • Goals Galore!

    It’s finally starting to feel like winter here in the Chicago area; we’re getting those inevitably bitter cold winds and I have a great view outside my window of the prettiest snow falling over the Berwyn bungalows. Cats are curled up and sleeping on the backs of chairs (or, if you’re Genghis, inside someone’s jacket…

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  • Every year, I make it a goal to read 100 books. Some years, I get pretty close (77 is my best); some years (like this year), I don’t even make it to 20. I’ve yet to actually hit 100, but I always feel that it’s a good goal to strive towards, and every year, I…

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